big_daddy said:
My trip to the GP was ok. Got told my blood tests were fine as I averaged a 8.1% Hbac1 in the last 3 months and in that time I was eating more carbs than usual. Also it's been a whole year since being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and just remembering the state I was in a year ago with so many needles prodded into me with my blood sugars in the 50's to now and how I feel so much better that i have control of it. But the sad
thing is that my GP has prescribed me gliclizides for the second time after I was taken off them after a month of being diabetic. He also has said that he thinks my intake of water is not bad as my kidneys are perfect and that I should not self-diagnose myself with IBS or hyponatremia. He also told me to eat less which I shall try to do.
Hi Cara,
I do not have an Aldi near me, but I do have a Morrisons Local just 2 minutes away and 15 minutes away from me is a Tesco Metro, Sainsburys, Farm Foods and a Iceland store plus 2 markets and a fruit & veg stall that comes to the university. I do like your idea of turning courgettes into spaghetti and it got me thinking about other alternatives to carbs and decided to look in to it more. Soups for me don't keep me full for very long, but now that xmas is only 12 weeks away it's almost time for lobby to be made in my family household and it's alway lovely to have in winter.
Stroganoffs, chassuers and casseroles are disgusting and everytime my mum makes them for some reason I feel like throwing up. What snacks do you reccomend I should have as I always have a problem with snacking on the right foods to snack and also with making sure that I don't feel hungry all the time and then having cravings. Should I think about buying sugar free gum or mints as I heard that chewing gum can suppress hunger.
Do you like currys, chili, chineses, or stir fries?
Fish.
Lay off the bread, pasta, potatoes and rice with them though.
Instead,
Currys, extra chick peas,
Chili, ditto kidney beans.
Chinese, load up the sugarsnap peas, beansprouts, any beans you like.
Instead of roast potatoes, or chips, sweet potato, or squash, cut into thin slices, baked in the oven with a spray of 1 cal, and seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, paprika to taste.
Snacks, more difficult, I like Muller light yoghurt, maybe a slice of low fat cheese on a ryvita, or cottage cheese.
A piece of fruit, or a handful of tomatoes.
If you have freezer room, farm foods do a good frozen veg selection, as do the others in the basic ranges.
Market at the end of the day is a good place to haggle for fresh veg as well.
Cauli, broccoli, sweet potato, squash, any type of beans, all good and keep fairly well.